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If Looks Could Kill | By: Urs Walter | Fashion et cetera

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Killing. Eve. Arguably the greatest British cultural phenomenon to hit our screens this decade. Magnetic, bold, and subversive at its core, the first episode introduces us to Eve Polsatri, a dynamic but clearly bored MI5 security officer (brought to life by the untiring Sandra Oh) who yearns for a more exciting life. When a Russian politician is found murdered halfway across the world, Eve is tasked to protect the only witness, and within the first ten minutes finds herself on a collision course with one of the most electrifying characters in the history of television – Villanelle (immortalised by the dazzling Jodie Comer). An equally charismatic and capricious killer for hire, Villanelle topples the classic interpretation of a muted hitman and replaces it with a vision for a fierce and impulsive hitwoman. Over the next three seasons, these two leading ladies become increasingly obsessed with one another in a truly epic game of cat and mouse, reinventing the spy thriller genre in the p

If Looks Could Kill | By: Urs Walter by Fashion Et Cetera | Nov 11, 2020 | Pop Culture Fashion Killing. Eve. Arguably the greatest British cultural phenomenon to hit our screens this decade. Magnetic, bold, and subversive at its core, the first episode introduces us to Eve Polsatri, a dynamic but clearly bored MI5 security officer (brought to life by the untiring Sandra Oh) who yearns for a more exciting life. When a Russian politician is found murdered halfway across the world, Eve is tasked to protect the only witness, and within the first ten minutes finds herself on a collision course with

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